A review by noitsjustnate
Pedagogy of the Oppressed by Paulo Freire

5.0

Paulo Freire was a revolutionary thinker and educator. I have a passion for education that is ever-enabled by reading this book. It reveals not only the dangers of colonialism but the virtues and liberating aspects of education, with four well organized chapters. While it can definitely be wordy and often resorts to some pretty technical language (for someone, including myself, not well-read in economics or communist theory yet) the underlying value is universally applicable. For those interested in praxis, cynicism, critical reflection, education, the book calls for a decentralized education, one that is not standardized but rather molds itself to the user on a case-by-case basis. This pairs well with The Wretched of the Earth by Frantz Fanon and Deschooling Society by Ivan Illich.